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Go through, though, because he wasn't breaking any laws in carrying all that cash. al soofi was supposed to fly from chicago to washington, dulles airport in virginia and on to amsterdam, the official said. then when he got to chicago, he changed his travel plans to take a direct flight to amsterdam. that's what alerted security officials. that's why the arrest took place in amsterdam and now, we continue to follow this story. the governor of illinois had a statement. here's what he said. >> we have to be very careful when it comes to our security of our country and o'hare airport is a very bu...

Quick headlines. two men taken off a flight from chicago to amsterdam after what authorities describe as a likely dry terrorist run. police in the netherlands charging the men now with preparing for a terrorist attack. authorities say they had knives, a box cutter, watches and a cell phone taped to a pepto-bismol bottle in their luggage. the suspects are ahmed mohamed nasser al soofi of detroit. and hazem al murisi. a neighbor says al soofi is from yemen. the two were allowed to board the flight at chicago's o'hare airport last night despite some red flags. al soofi was wearing bulky clothing ...

Watches taped together. kelly wright joins us from washington with this breaking story. what can you tell us? >> the homeland security spokesperson says the items were not deemed to be dangerous in and of themselves. we're finding out, of course, while it was not illegal to carry knives or tape cell phones and watches and checked baggage, it was, in fact, a dry run. the pair were arrested monday morning at the airport in amsterdam after getting off the united airlines flight from chicago where their decision to change their flight plans actually raised flags to u.s. authorities. dutch authorit...

Abdulmutallab, and here, ledge delay got his training in yemen and he was coming via amsterdam and heading towards detroit when, fortunately, the attempt failed, and, the two individuals were talking about, also, have links to detroit and we must underscore, too, friends and possible family who know these people are innocent and couldn't have done this, but, a lot of hard-looking right now by the authorities. bill: a breaking news story and we're on it, thanks, greg palkot in london on that and people close to the suspects, say hezam al-murise who traveled to the u.s. on a visitor's visa and l...

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